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IV3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,500 road traffic collisions in the IV3 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,019 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 57 were fatal and 416 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,500
1,965th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,019
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
57
64 people killed
Serious collisions
416
525 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal573.8%
  • Serious41628%
  • Slight1,02768%

What the data shows

  • IV3 had 104 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 246 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in IV3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 318 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV3, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in IV3.

Where IV3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,965th
Most casualties
1,998th
Most fatal collisions
1,003rd
Most serious collisions
1,715th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday197 (13%)
  • Tuesday203 (14%)
  • Wednesday206 (14%)
  • Thursday216 (14%)
  • Friday271 (18%)
  • Saturday236 (16%)
  • Sunday171 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,055 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit248 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting163 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown22 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,322 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway79 (5.3%)
  • One way street or slip road62 (4.1%)
  • Roundabout23 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph29 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph907 (60%)
  • 40 mph56 (3.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph500 (33%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,130 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds231 (15%)
  • Snowing, no high winds28 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other54 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded16 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,024 (51%)
  • Pedestrian400 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist249 (12%)
  • Cyclist196 (9.7%)
  • Van occupant50 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant24 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant19 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV3 peaked at 68 in 1979; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251416
2024813
20231018
202256
2021712
202078
20191314
20181213
20171013
20161826
20152327
20142429
20132628
20122334
20113041
20102131
20092637
20082028
20072326
20063034
20052334
20042539
20034457
20023250
20011828
20002632
19994460
19984660
19973952
19964370
19954462
19943948
19933845
19923848
19914656
19905078
19895165
19883852
19873959
19865571
19854053
19845976
19833954
19825677
19814763
19806377
19796899

Map of recent crashes in IV3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV3

The 24 most recent collisions in IV3 happened between 16 October 2023 and 15 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV3

The A82 has the most collisions in IV3, 486 of 1,500 (32%), followed by the A862 (208).

Collisions in IV3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8248674031137
2ndA862208301851
3rdA977116423
4thB9161284308
5thB9146141404
6thB8624800
7thB8654402
8thA833301
9thA963303
10thB8613400

Council area for IV3

IV3 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV3 accounts for 5.2% of them.

Town in IV3

Of the 1,500 collisions in IV3, 831 (55%) were in Inverness.